<p>Colombo: Sri Lanka's newly appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday signed the special gazette notification ordering the dissolution of parliament, officials said.</p><p>The dissolution will be effective from midnight Tuesday and the election will be held on November 14.</p><p>Dissanayake in the run-up to Saturday’s presidential election said he would immediately dissolve parliament to order a snap poll.</p><p>The last parliament was convened in August 2020. The dissolution has come 11 months ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>Colombo: Sri Lanka's newly appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday signed the special gazette notification ordering the dissolution of parliament, officials said.</p><p>The dissolution will be effective from midnight Tuesday and the election will be held on November 14.</p><p>Dissanayake in the run-up to Saturday’s presidential election said he would immediately dissolve parliament to order a snap poll.</p><p>The last parliament was convened in August 2020. The dissolution has come 11 months ahead of schedule.</p>